St Vincent’s Cork 39 Our Lady’s Castleblayney 17: St Vincent’s picked up Cork’s second win at the U14 All Ireland Schools Finals week with a 39-17 win over Our Lady’s Castleblayney yesterday.

Ruby Walsh has promised that his head will rule his heart when it comes to making a decision on whether to ride Hurricane Fly or Faugheen in the Stan James Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham next Tuesday.

There were some shock results at yesterday’s well-attended United Hunt Club’s point-to-point fixture at Ballindenisk outside Watergrasshill.

A Continuity IRA assassin who executed an innocent man as he prepared to go to work has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court.

There was just one race meeting in this country yesterday and that was the Ballinaboola point-to-point fixture which took place under the auspices of the Wexford Foxhounds.

Jamie Codd was the in-form rider at yesterday’s Westmeath Foxhounds meeting at Castletown-Geoghegan in Co Westmeath with a double.

Avondale have set up a semi-final with Wicklow SHC champions Glenealy following victory over Kiltegan (3-6 to 1-10) at Arklow.

Trainer Martin Brassil seems to have a potentially-decent prospect on his hands in Woodford County who lit up the first session of the two-day Kinsale point-to-point meeting at Farrangalway on Saturday evening by winning a particularly-competitive renewal of the five-year-old geldings’ maiden.

PAUL CARBERRY celebrated the New Year in style when recording a fine double on Dont Back Down and Osirixamix at Fairyhouse yesterday.

JAMIE CODD enjoyed the celebrations that followed his history-making point-to-point achievement of going through the card at Tinahely on Sunday, but it’s back to business now as he pursues a coveted jockeys’ title.

A man in his 40s has died following an overnight shooting attack in Dublin.

ELITE Garda units prevented a possible gangland murder, robbery or kidnapping when they swooped on an armed gang just after midnight yesterday.

GARDAÍ are investigating if the latest gangland killing is linked to a row between dissident republicans.

A murder investigation is underway in West Dublin after a man was shot dead in Clondalkin.

THE National Hunt card at Limerick yesterday afternoon attracted national hunt weather but it was all sunshine for jockey Tom Doyle, who secured a 175-1 treble — his first in this country.

THE strength of Davy Russell was the decisive factor in the success of Crash in the Cashel Maiden Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.

THE 2010/11 point-to-point season came well and truly alive at yesterday’s well-attended Lisgoold meeting, which was staged on a new left-handed course at Leadington.

THE Dessie Hughes-trained Quiet Word proved the equine star of last night’s action in sun-drenched Ballinrobe, the Bryan Cooper-ridden gelding scoring a smooth success over Lend A Hand Son in the Irish Stallion Farms Novice Hurdle.

TRANQUIL SEA, outclassed when eighth of 22 behind Captain Cee Bee at Cheltenham, found his level in the Dunraven Arms Hotel Novice Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

DEFENDING champion John Rooney brings form and a new level of self-belief with him to the Munster Senior Open Squash Championships, which begin tonight.

SEVEN county councils have failed to carry out even one inspection of rented properties over the last five recorded years.

A GOVERNMENT pledge to provide public forums for local representatives to raise concerns about the health service has not been fulfilled a year after it was made.

THERE are 300,000 "ghost voters" on the electoral register, because the system is an "appalling mess", Environment Minister Dick Roche, has admitted.

Carlow 2-13 Wicklow 1-13

IRELAND’S men were held to a 2-2 draw by Finland in their opening Premier Division Group A match at the European Team Squash Championships in Amsterdam yesterday.

ENVIRONMENT Minister Dick Roche said yesterday he was keen to build bridges between developers and conservationists.

Irish national squash champion Liam Kenny saw his qualifying bid for the Bear Stearns Tournament of Champions fail at the first hurdle in New York yesterday.

ALMOST 400,000 more people turned out to vote in last year’s local elections - a 10% hike on the previous election, a study has revealed.

THE crib or nativity scene is one of the most endearing features of the Irish Christmas tradition.

NUMBER one seeds Liam Kenny and Madeline Perry claimed the Irish Squash National Titles for 2004.

ARTHUR GASKIN, the eleventh seed professional based in Nottingham and world ranked 161, beat No six seed David Ayerst fromUlster 3-1 in the Westwood sponsored Irish National Squash Championships last night.

The top qualifying seeds all came through last night at Fitzwilliam in The Westwood sponsored Irish National Squash Championships.

World no. 69 and Irish no. 2, Australian-born Liam Kenny, is the top ranked entry for the Munster Open Squash Championships at Cork clubs, Silversprings, Highfield and Sundays Well on the weekend of October 1-3.

Ireland’s Liam Kenny won the Brazilia Open Squash Championship title despite facing local hero Rafael Alarcon in the final.

Liam Kenny won through to a semi-final tie with Brazilian Vini Costa at the Brazilia Open Squash Championships.

Ireland’s Liam Kenny has won through to the second round of the Brazilia Open Squash Championships.

MEN are still the dominant force in local councils with just 23 extra women elected in the June elections, a six point drop on the growth in the previous local election.

TAXPAYERS will have to pick up the tab for a E3 million “consolation prize” that will be paid to hundreds of councillors who lost their seats or retired before the June elections.

COUNTY councillors and local authority managers yesterday defended the increase in expenses paid to them over the past decade, totalling €116 million.

Irish Davis Cup man Kevin Sorensen won through to the second round of the Italian Futures Tournament in Teramo, beating Alex Vittur (Italy) 7-5 6-2.

Ireland’s men beat Spain 3-1 in their final play-off tie at the European Team Squash Championships in Rennes to finish 5th overall.

JAMES JOYCE is going back to the National Library today but not as we know him. This time the National Library does not have to pay €12.5 million for the writer’s manuscripts like they did last year.

THE nature of county councils is stopping women from entering local politics, a major conference was told over the weekend.

HOMEOWNERS have to pay 700 a year in waste charges unless they recycle their rubbish, Environment Minister Martin Cullen warned yesterday.

DEREK RYAN was sensationally beaten by third seed Steve Richardson in the final of the Irish Senior Men’s National Squash final at Fitzwilliam in Dublin yesterday.

ENVIRONMENT Minister Martin Cullen has insisted that a €1m payout to TDs forced to give up their council seats is not a form of compensation.

LOCAL authority officials and councillors will be forced to reveal their interests in property and business from next month as part of a drive to stamp out planning corruption.

Kerry 3-17 Carlow 2-10